:Pot Stuck

Everyone seems to hate variance and bad mouth it at every opportunity they get.  Sure, we all want a constant winrate with swings that never really move our bankroll, but are we willing to give up on profitable situations for a reduction in variance?  Obviously the thinking poker player who is playing within his bankroll will say No, but I think most people will pass up on +EV situations because the risk is simply too high.

Players that are willing to pass up these situations create a very exploitable area for us.  It increases our folding equity by a few points, which allows us play more aggressive and raise our bluffing frequency.

People we can abuse with this style are very easy to spot.  Most of them are tight, never bluff raise the later streets, and only show down with the nuts.  These players are mostly exploitable during hands and situations they are unfamiliar with, such as playing 200+ BBs deep.

The general fear of variance and large swings creates a nice inefficiency for smart and thinking poker players to take advantage of.